Brake-head.



FTZ WILLIAM SRGJSNTi BRAKE HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED Nov/11, 1914.

LiQf/ Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Fim s imputed. Cei' irovemehis 11i iuiceallowing; zi speciiimn.

invention i'lehitQ-s ti; an improved adzip/efi il) be seciiiefi i0, and to Ii-'sid iii-glace.; :i Shoa employed for us@ upon wila-mid und. railway loconmtii'es. is Qrdi-.Tmiiiy Construced., brake shoe is fm'med "with a c-eniiii fitvfzchingz 0i' key ing, usually about one und one-eighth inches high.

a ami which exends ihrmigh an opening fei'iiieci iii ih@ buik@ hh-nd. n. key pasing fihi-wh ih@ ing zuid bearing; on the haci: of "the hmia head i() SQcui'e the shoeo tha hif'fei'. it 'is many times found in mastic@ Emi this iug is mo high, especially in ih@ sus@ of siwes ami heads use upn the driving' iiheiiif of fi iocomotiai, i1- tei-Emis wi-h "che brak@ lever.

The ohiec of my iiveniii is to provide 'a brak. head wih which :i shoe may b9 mi pioyed having a ing much shmer or iowa? than the sianfiarci and thus .is mere siem'- :ince i,iei.\i -.eii snifi lug :und iever3 and avoid the interference one wih the Miha?.

"With ihm@ mid Gther ends in View my iiiveiiion mnsiss (termin hmfci ezftuxes @if vonsiucion sind emi'ihii'ifiiiona 0f pas as will bg hereinaf'iJ-Qi" iiiijf ascribed mici pointsd oui in he finims.

'in ih? :iccmnpanyingg ciawings, Figure 1 is a bop View ofv my' improve brake head having a brake Shoa attached therein. Fig. 2 is secishai View thereof haken mi he iine 2.-2 of Fig. 'i soiing in bhe direction as inicziied by the arrow. Fig. 3 is :i sectionai View thereof when on the line 3-3 looking in the dii'esioh iniii the hz'oif. Fig. i is :i sectionai mi@ *0.15551 i from h@ shce.

is view iii peipe'cive :i poition e heini? Showing che sioied bach.

; 10 drawing?? l() repi'eschs sho.: iisiialiy mafie. si casi?, imm, am

Heads. me which the y ving pei-imam of ifhe bami;

Liz cames: of its iehgis" ciioied under the back l2 as Gieaiy iihisiziiiL-ii in Figl 3 of ih@ drfirviiigjrs. This sho@ is fitted i0. :i brake sid@ walls m hmges l5 i'hegmi with the. hudili. 'the iatei having :50i-mui tha@- in am opening 17 through which eximds he key ing i3. The wiiiis i5 ri. each formed with ghe iismii susiwnsion @ya @r hub i8 by means of brak@ lei'vx. (NQI shown.)

in' uffici' i1@ ac'comii'iodat isha lower i3. and @www fi key to pass through @he same iiiei the shoe :uid hffzid have been 'assemhidg I ifo-rm in he hack l@ of the. iat;-

ie agi-09V@ 1Q of ii .virih' slightly gressitm than that 'of the hey inging Somewha imm-uwer he opmmg in he lug 1.25 fzhimigh winch ii; "passies,

the Fiom of this groove being straight o? fmt, rather *ahah ui" the cuivsiinire of the rama-im- 16 of. the head. Vihiie this @move in the brick of fhe heaci somewhat zedilcas its thickness imcim the key, yet ii; being narrower @han ih@ opening in the in@ a si r" `en3 amount of stoel is left :it the sides .oi Ehe grew@ io permit the head to iefmin Suiiciei'ii, Sfzength "m withstand any strain ihat might he imposed upon it in seivice.

By thus growing' the henchthe key ing is permitcii to iw mnd@ iovvcr. ihe key iisef at the Same time bing :iiiowed to pass through same. by' ieninvinf; the metal heinw it. and giving ampie alc-:immo mom hf;- ween thif fake lever and lug.

What l duim iszi, A bmi/ig 'head umiipi'ii-sing Side Walls and a back., said hack heilig provifiafl with au owning ai about tho center of iis iength sind a groove Tunning? ongitiu'liimily 0? said hack for ih@ reception of attaching key.

2. A brake heaT 'ahh back mi which is head ML gimiidaeci Wiiih which the hemd is* secured o 2- QO, this key, of ccm-uffa,l

provided with a central opening and a 1on- Signed at Mahwah, in the county of Bergitudinal groove of less widt than said gen and State of New Jersey, this 10th day 10 opgenigl.) k h b k f h h y of November, A. D. 1914.

. ra eheadt e ac o W ic ispro- 5 vided with a longitudinal groove extending FITZ *WILLIAM SARGENT' lengthwise thereof and of less width than Witnesses: e said back for the reception of an attaching F. H..JANKE, kev. j FRANK (Mmmm. 

